Design Development of the Pixel

This was the first new design development sketch I developed in order to shake things up. It occurred to me that the room caused serious isolation among the fellows working in the Phenomenology Research Center. Why not bring them together? Of course privacy whilst working hard can be very important as well, so this bookcase divider formed a beginnings of a solution.


Next the image below served as the modular component of the bookcase above, but it seemed very chunky and unrefined, therefore the sides which were wood frame for the pixels were pared down to steel pipe.

Then I revamped the drawing with Theo and Andrew giving me some decisions along the way, this was a bit further departure from the original design methodology. Less chunky and cluttered without the wooden sides, nonetheless it still was too massive and bulky.

Although the next drawing is very small since it is only a module showing the construction it does represent a major departure from the last drawing. We had built a 1/4 scale model of the above design, replacing the cabinets below with a more modular condition mimicking the structures above. Still the bookcase looked too massive. If we were to give the impression of the physical pixel, IE the light element, it had better feel naked and gossamer, a sketch itself in other words. This drawing shows the furthering of that goal. Gone are the pipes, they are now simple steel rod 1/4" diameter. The shelf area itself is exaggerated to be 5/4" or 1 1/4" thick further diminishing the rod in scale.



The Pixel may have begun this journey, but the bookcase has begun to evolve on its own.

The Module itself has changed quite a bit.